Car Finder

Course project for Coursera's
Developing Data Products

Jess Bardin

Senior Analytics Developer

www.elicitinsights.com

Tring to find the perfect car?

  • There are plenty of websites that offer car searches
  • But nothing as sophisticated as what you'll see in a moment
  • What if you could specify specific requirements like the following:
    • gas mileage
    • horse power
    • transmission
  • And then see a list of matching cars in seconds

Well, there's a Shiny app for that

https://bardin.shinyapps.io/course_project/

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Using the world's most comprehensive automobile database

head(mtcars)
##                    mpg cyl disp  hp drat    wt  qsec vs am gear carb
## Mazda RX4         21.0   6  160 110 3.90 2.620 16.46  0  1    4    4
## Mazda RX4 Wag     21.0   6  160 110 3.90 2.875 17.02  0  1    4    4
## Datsun 710        22.8   4  108  93 3.85 2.320 18.61  1  1    4    1
## Hornet 4 Drive    21.4   6  258 110 3.08 3.215 19.44  1  0    3    1
## Hornet Sportabout 18.7   8  360 175 3.15 3.440 17.02  0  0    3    2
## Valiant           18.1   6  225 105 2.76 3.460 20.22  1  0    3    1

Using the app is simple

  • Specify your minimum gas mileage requirement
  • Specify your minimum horse power requirement
  • Select the type of transmission you want
  • (Obviously these are the only important factors for a car search)
  • And hit the Find! button

And you have results in seconds

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Maserati Bora for me
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